The Cadence Academic Network helps build strong relationships between academia and industry, and promotes the proliferation of leading-edge technologies and methodologies at universities renowned for their engineering and design excellence.

A huge knowledge exchange platform for academia to network with industry. We are looking for academic speakers to talk about their research to the industry attendees at the Academic Track at CDNLive EMEA and Silicon Valley.

University Software Program

Giving future engineers access to our world-class tools

The goal of the Cadence® University Software Program is to grant easy access to leading electronic design automation (EDA) tools for educational institutions around the world. Our customers rely on skilled engineers entering the work force. As the leader in EDA, we are committed to helping our customers by giving future engineers access to our world-class tools. In fact, we reach over thirty thousand students each year through these programs. By making our products readily available for instruction and fundamental research, Cadence is helping the electronics industry speed ideas to reality.

Tensilica University Program

The future of intellectual property is here. Cadence IP solutions will change the way you think about and use IP in your system-on-chip (SoC) designs. We can help you reduce the complexity and risk inherent in designing for smart technology while meeting your power, performance, and area requirements. Go to the Tensilica University Program website to apply to the Tensilica University Program.

Americas University Software Program

Join the 250+ qualified Americas member universities who have already incorporated Cadence EDA software into their classrooms and academic research projects. In Canada, universities also have the opportunity to join CMC Microsystems.

India University Software Program

Cadence has been working with industry, government, and academia for years to build up the pipeline for new graduates trained in VLSI Design. Join the 60+ institutes already training their students on the Cadence EDA platform.